Cuspidor.



D. V. HADDOOK.

(JUSPIDOR.

' APPLm IoN FILED JANJS. 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

(Unucnfoz UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

DUDLEY V. HADDOCK, OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1909.

Application filed January 8, 1909. Serial No. 471,301.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY V. HAnnooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Pctersburg, in the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in- Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cuspidors, the object of the invention being to provide a sanitary cuspidor in which provision is made for the constant flushing ofthe cuspidor or its flushing at intervals to wash away and carry off the saliva and other germ bearing substances, and in wvhich provision is also made for retaining all solid substances and other refuse thrown into the cuspidor and for permittingof the ready removal of the .same in the operation of cleansing the ('uspidor.

A further object is to provide a cuspidor of simple construction which may be permanently secured to the floor without intertcring with the proper cleaning of the latter, and which is provided with a removable strainer adapted to permit of the passage oi. all liquid substances for discharge and to retain all solid substances and which is adapted to be lifted out with such substances in the operation of cleansing the cuspidor atintervals, thus reducing the labor of maintaining the cuspidor in a proper sanitary condition to a material degree.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention, Figure l is a vertical transverse section through the cuspidor. I ig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the removable strainer. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through a portion ofthe rim of the bowl and the water supply pipe.

In practice, the parts of the cuspidor may be made of porcelain, agate ware, or other suitable material,-or of a combination of these or other materials which are durable, proof against rust and adapted to be easily cleaned. As shown, the cuspidor comprises a base 1 provided with perforated ears 2 for the passage of screws or other fastening devices, whereby it may be permanently secured to the floor. Supported by the base 1. is a body 0, within the upper portion of which is formed a receiving bowl or chamber 4. This bowl or chamber is preferably ol tapering or conical form and provided with a'central conical outlet 5 communicating at its lower or reduced end ,witlra dis-- charge nozzle 6, which may fit into the upper end of a suitable waste pipe or conductor. The tapered or inclined wall of the chamber 4 flares u wardly and outwardly to a point. where it ormsan outer portion of reduced thickness 'with the outer Wall-lief the body, and this portion of reduced thick ness is extended inwardly and rolled or in turned to provide a hollow annular rim 7, extending completely around the top of the bowl and communicating at its lower edge with the top of the bowl through, theslot or passage 8. This hollow rim is preferably of nearly circular form in cross section, but

maybe made in any other cross sectional.

shape. The bottom of thechaniber 4 is provided at its point of junctionwith the upper end of the waste outlet with a horizontally annular seat or shoulder 9. This shoulder is adapted to support a removable dished or convavo-convex perforated strainer plate 10, which forms the bottomof the bowl and is adapted to catch and retain therein all solid substance and-prevent the same from entering the waste passage 5, while permitting all liquids to discharge through said passage. This strainer plate is provided at one side with a handle 11 extending upwardly and formed with an outwardly bent upper end 12, adapted to rest upon and project beyond the run, and forming a gripportion to enable said handle to be readily grasped for the removal of the strainer at any time.

Fitted within an opening -l3 formed in the outer wall of the hollow channel or rim is a water supply nozzle 14 having a laterally bent inner end 15 lying in parallel relation to the adjacent side wall of the channel. The outer end of this nozzle is threaded, as at 16, to receive the reduced internally threaded portion 17 of a coupling member 18, between which and the wall ofthe rim is arranged a Washer or gasket 19 adapted to form a water pipe joint, the portion l5 of the nozzle and the washer being clamped against the opposite sides of the Wall of the channel by the coupling. The outer portion of the coupling is enlarged to recelve thereduced tip 15 thereof and issues in the form of a jet which flows around the hollow ehannel 7 and thence down the inclined sides of t the bowl. The supply pipe may be suitably valved to control the tlow of water, which may be intermittentlr or continuouely sup plied to correspondingly l'lush the bowl, as i will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, it; will be understood that the solid substances thrown F into the cuspidor will be retained within the bowl, while all liquid and v oluble substances i will be washed by the current of water from i the bowl and through the shame and d 1 charged through the waste pipe. The t contents may be remored at any time by simply lifting out the perforated strainer, thus enabling the cuspidor to be easily and eonveniei'itlr cleaned at the expenditure of a comparatively small amount ol. time and labor. Hence, a sanitary cuspidor is provided which may be connected with the water supply system of the building, and which is of such form as to permit the tloor surface to which it is attached to be cleaned without. interference.

' Having thus fully described the invei'ition, what is claimed as new is:

1. A euspidor comprising a receiving bowl having an inwardly turned hollow rim, and provided in its bottom with an outlet and a seat. above the outlet, a water supply pipe t'zoinmunicating with the rim, a strainer plate 1 adapted to rest it on said seal, and a handle t carried by the plate and having its upper i emote end bent to form a grip to rest upon the rim and project slightly beyond the same.

2. A cuspidor comprising a bowl having an outlet and a hollow rin i, a removable strainer guarding the outlet, a nozzle extendingthrough the outer sideof the rim into the channel of the rim and provided with a right; ai'igularly bent tapered extremity bearing against said outer side of the rim, a threaded coupling engaging the outer end of the nozzle, and a washer surrounding the nozzle and clamped by the coupling against the wall of the rim.

3. fr cuspidor comprising a base carrying a body provided with a conical discharge outlet in its lower portion, a horizontal seat surrmtnding the upper end of the outlet, and a bowl shaped chamber above the outlet, said chamber ha ring its side wall converging outwardly with'relation to the outer 'all of the body to form a reduced portion at the upper end of the chamber. said reduced portion being inwardly turned to form a hollow channel, a water supply nozzle entering said channel, a strainer plate resting upon said mat, and a handle carried by the strainer and having a curved-tree end resting upon thev wall of the channel.

lntcstimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two wilt'iesses.

DUDLEY V. HAIHHNYK.

\Vitnesses:

l'VM. M. Davis, W. l ..DAvis. 

